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The effect of prophylactic fentanyl on shivering in elective Caesarean section under epidural analgesia
Author(s) -
LIU W. H. D.,
LUXTON M. C.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1991.tb09540.x
Subject(s) - shivering , medicine , fentanyl , anesthesia , caesarean section , elective caesarean section , thermoregulation , incidence (geometry) , surgery , pregnancy , physics , optics , biology , genetics
Summary The aims of this randomised double‐blind study were to investigate whether 25 μg of fentanyl administered prophylactically by the epidural route would influence the incidence of shivering in parturients who underwent elective Caesarean section under epidural analgesia and whether it would affect the axillary and calf temperatures. There was a 50% reduction (p < 0.05) in the overall incidence of shivering in patients who received fentanyl and there was some evidence to suggest that low‐dose epidural fentanyl might reduce shivering by an influence on thermoregulation.